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Bonus Beats: Alphabet Soup - D Jul 27, 2020

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Morgan continues the Alphabet Soup series and discusses some of her favorite albums that start with the letter D

The Albums

J Dilla: Donuts

Quincy Jones: The Dude

Pastor T.L Barrett: Do Not Pass Me By

The Roots: Do You Want More?!!!??!

Sade: Diamond Life

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Regina Bradley on OutKast's "Aquemini" (1998) Jul 23, 2020

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In 1995, OutKast was booed by an angry crowd at the Source Awards after they won Best New Artist. During his speech, Andre 3000 famously declared "The South got something to say." Nowadays, ATL has a solid place in the history of rap, but OutKast had to fight for a seat at the table.

OutKast becomes the newest member of the Triple Crown club here on Heat Rocks and we're talking to professor/scholar Regina Bradley about the duo's smothered, covered, diced, and topped LP, Aquemini. We discuss Andre's evolution as a rapper, the deep Atlanta love throughout the record, and where this album ranks in OutKast's discography.

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More on Aquemini

Outkast’s ‘Aquemini,’ the blueprint of the Southern black renaissance, turns 20 (The Undefeated)
Aquemini Turns 20 (Stereogum)
The Making of Aquemini (Creative Loafing)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Aquemini unless otherwise indicated):

Rosa Parks
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Hold On, Be Strong
Slump
West Savannah
Return of the "G"
Nathaniel
Rosa Parks
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Mamacita
Da Art of Storytellin' (Pt. 1)
Liberation
SpottieOttieDopaliscious
Chonkyfire
Aquemini
Rosa Parks
De La Soul: Patti Dooke
Goodie Mob: Cell Therapy
Dungeon Family: Trans D F Express
EARTHGANG: Blue Moon

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find there
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Bonus Beats: Ali Shaheed and Morgan chat EWF's "All 'n All" Jul 21, 2020

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Morgan and Ali Shaheed Muhammad quickly geek out over Earth Wind and Fire's "All 'n All"

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Ali Shaheed Muhammad on Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back" (1988) Jul 16, 2020

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Public Enemy's debut album Yo! Bum Rush the Show enjoyed critical and commercial success back when it first landed in 1987, especially considering how controversial the album was. In fact, DJ's refused to play PE on the radio because of Chuck D's politics.

Chuck and the group started working on the next album right away. It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back was released in 1988 and is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. No one was doing what PE was doing. Together with Hank Shocklee and the Bomb Squad's chaotic, sample heavy production, Public Enemy started a movement.

The one and only Ali Shaheed Muhammad of Tribe, Lucy Pearl, and countless other projects sits down with us to discuss Public Enemy's sophomore album, the use of samples all over the place, and Flava Flav's mastery of the art of the hypeman.

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Hear Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge Team With Jazz Royalty on New Comp (Rolling Stone)
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Show Tracklisting (all songs from It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back unless otherwise indicated):

Cold Lampin' With Flavor
Bring the Noise
Caught, Can We Get A Witness
Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos
Don't Believe the Hype
Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
Louder Than a Bomb
Rebel Without a Pause
Spoony Gee & The Treacherous Three: Love Rap
Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
Isaac Hayes: Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
Lafayette Afro Rock Band: Darkest Light
Show 'Em Whatcha Got
Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
Bring the Noise
Louder Than A Bomb
She Watch Channel Zero?!
Countdown to Armageddon
Don't Believe the Hype
James Brown: Funky Drummer
X-Clan: Grand Verbalizer, What Time is It?
Ice Cube: Endangered Species (Tales from the Darkside)
Louder than A Bomb

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Adeline on Chaka Khan's "Naughty" (1980) Jul 09, 2020

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Chaka Khan proved she was more than capable of holding her own when she released her debut solo album, Chaka back in 1978. Before that, she was in the band Rufus and stood out from her contemporaries with her powerful voice and ability to swing from one genre to the other while still being unmistakably Chaka. She continued working with Rufus, but started venturing out and doing more solo work, and eventually released her follow up Naughty in 1980.

Singer/bassist Adeline sits down with us to talk about Naughty, Chaka's voice, the funky bass lines throughout the record, and the stellar lineup Chaka was able to wrangle.

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More on Chaka

Trailer for The Greatest Ears in Town
Chaka Khan’s Naughty Turns 40 (Albumism)
Why Chaka Khan's Naughty Still Matters 40 Years Later (Soul Tracks)

Song Tracklisting (all songs from Naughty unless otherwise indicated):

Get Ready, Get Set
Adeline: After Midnight
What You Did
Clouds
So Naughty
Chaka Khan: Stronger Than Before
Chaka Khan: Caught in the Act
Our Love's in Danger
Too Much Love
Prince: I Feel For You
Chaka Khan: So Not To Worry
Chaka Khan: And The Melody Still Lingers On (Night In Tunisia)
Chaka Khan: Roll Me Through the Rushes
Chaka Khan: Better Days
Get Ready, Get Set
Nothing's Gonna Take You Away
Move Me No Mountain
Nothing's Gonna Take You Away
So Naughty
Bionic Boogie: Hot Butterfly
Papillon
David Bowie: Underground
Get Ready, Get Set
So Naughty
Natalie Cole: I've Got Love On My Mind
Natalie Cole: I Can't Breakaway (From You)
Minnie Riperton: Inside My Love

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BONUS BEATS: Alphabet Soup - C Jul 07, 2020

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Oliver continues the Alphabet Soup series and talks about his favorite albums that begin with the letter C

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Phillip Merritt on Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" (1979) Jul 02, 2020

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It's part 2 of our listener specials where we invited fans of the show to talk about their personal Heat Rocks. This time, Phillip Merritt AKA Lost In Williamsburg, comes down with our first official disco album, Bad Girls by Donna Summer.

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Show Tracklisting (all songs from Bad Girls unless otherwise indicated):

Hot Stuff
Dim All The Lights
My Baby Understands
Donna Summer: The Hostage
Donna Summer: Love to Love You Baby
On My Honor
Lucky
Harold Faltermeyer: Axel F
Hot Stuff
Our Love
New Order: Blue Monday
Hot Stuff
Bad Girls
CHIC: Le Freak
The Michael Zager Band: Let's All Chant
One Night In A Lifetime
Can't Get To Sleep At Night
Bad Girls
Dim All The Lights
Sunset People
Bad Girls
Eddie Kendricks: Girl You Need A Change of Mind
Kelis: Jerk Ribs

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Bruno Major on Chet Baker's "Embraceable You" (1995) Jun 25, 2020

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When jazz trumpeter Chet Baker began to sing on his records, his voice received a polarizing response, to put it lightly. At first, critics despised his light and dreamy voice paired with minimal accompaniment. However, audiences loved it, and Chet became a household name.

This album, Embraceable You, was recorded in the middle of his success, but wasn't released until 1995, about 40 years after the recording. The label thought it was "too depressing" to put out and is often forgotten about in Chet's enormous discography.

Singer/songwriter Bruno Major joins us from London to talk about this long lost album, Chet's signature voice and delivery, and bringing Baker's tunes to a new audience.

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